British Press Title for McDougall

A former Scotsman and Daily Record journalist has won at the British Press Awards.

Dan McDougall – who freelances for, among others, The Observer and the News of the World – has taken the Foreign Reporter of the Year title at the awards, which were held last night.

Last year, he was shortlisted for the title, and also was shortlisted for the UK Press Gazette’s Magazine Design and Journalism Awards and the Paul Foot campaigning journalism prize.

The full list of winners reads:

Young journalist of the year
Winner: Tom Harper, The Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: Sam Jones, Financial Times

Cartoonist of the year
Winner: Matt Pritchett, Daily Telegraph

Critic of the year
Winner: Philip French, The Observer
Digital journalist of the year
Winner: Dave Hill, The Guardian
Interviewer of the year
Winner: Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian
Highly commended: Ginny Dougary, The Times

Showbiz reporter of the year
Winner: James Desborough, News of the World
Highly commended: Richard White, The Sun
Sports photographer of the year
Winner: Dickie Pelham, The Sun
Highly commended: Dylan Martinez, Reuters

Photographer of the year
Winner: Stefan Rousseau, PA Photos
Sports journalist of the year
Winner: Matthew Syed, The Times
Highly commended: Ian Stafford, Mail on Sunday
Supplement of the year
Winner: You Magazine, The Mail on Sunday

Website of the year
Winner: The Guardian
Scoop of the year
Winner: “Ross & Brand”, Miles Goslett, The Mail on Sunday

Columnist of the year
Winner: Charlie Brooker, The Guardian
Specialist journalist of the year
Winner: Stephen Wright, Daily Mail
Highly commended: Sarah-Kate Templeton, The Sunday Times
Campaign of the year
Winner: “Family Courts”, Camilla Cavendish, The Times
Highly commended: “Right to Pay”, Sarah Kate Templeton, The Sunday Times
Feature writer of the year
Winner: Philip Jacobson, Freelance (The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday)
Highly commended: Tanya Gold, Freelance (Daily Mail and The Guardian)

Business and finance journalist of the year
Winner: Stephen Foley, The Independent
The Cudlipp Award
Winner: Race War, Stephen Wright/Richard Pendlebury, Daily Mail
Highly commended: Save our Streets campaign, News of the World

Political journalist of the year
Winner: Quentin Letts, Daily Mail
Foreign reporter of the year
Winner: Dan McDougall, Freelance (The Observer, News of the World and The Mail on Sunday’s Live Magazine)